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06 March 2011

Thug Festival in Hyatt Regency Crystal City - Video

For those as pathetically un-hip as I, the long name for the DMV Awards is "DC, Maryland and Virginia Entertainment and Music Awards" and is not the easiest thing to find. They decided to have their festival of awards and fisticuffs in the Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Regan National Airport, in the same location Anime USA had their convention last year, just a few blocks from my residence. The Anime kids seem to have a different view of how to have a good time.

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Although it was only a couple of blocks away, I had no idea anything was happening or I would have my own video here instead of ALLDMVHiphop.Com video below. I think I was watching a hockey game at Bailey's.

"A huge brawl broke out at a local hip hop award show in Crystal City Saturday night, sending several people to the hospital.

Multiple fights broke out at the 2011 DMV Music Awards at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, authorities said. Reports of more than 20 people fighting amid an audience of more than 1,500 prompted Arlington County police to take the rare step of sending every available unit to the scene.

“We’re going to need everyone,” an officer radioed to the dispatch center just after 9:30 p.m. “Apparently the whole place is out of control.”

"The local music awards ceremony started peacefully, but fighting began just before 10 p.m., during a program intermission. Arlington County Police spokesperson Det. Crystal Nosal said that, from her understanding of the situation, there were “approximately 1500 people in attendance and multiple fights broke out, and there were multiple 911 calls.”

Nosal said that due to the size of the crowd, “we pretty much sent every officer we had.”

Five people were injured, and transported to 3 area hospitals following the altercations, Nosal said. One of the five was a hotel employee who, according to one witness, attempted to break up a fight. Jean-Marc Dizard, general manager for the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, confirmed that one hotel employee, a buffet worker, was injured. The employee was taken out of the hotel on a stretcher with what appeared to be a head injury."